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Apologies for the last minute notice, again – everyday operations have been difficult since SFPD confiscated and, subsequently, “lost” all of our media equipment. Anyway, OccupySF received the following request for assistance from Code Pink, a long time allay of OccupySF:

John Stewart 4 Code Pink “We Want The Memos”

Friends,

Code Pink is in action AT DIANE FEINSTEIN’S house tomorrow to demand that she not go ahead with confirmation of John Brennan as Secretary of Defense until she obtains the DOJ drone memos that reveal his involvement with U.S. drone murder policy. We are telling her that, as her constituents, we are WATCHING her and demanding that she insist on getting the memos or NO CONFIRMATION. We believe that Feinstein is in the Bay Area, and that she will know we’re out there. We’ll have banners, signs, drums, flutes, good energy, videographers and photographers, and hopefully the news media.

Could everyone please forward this action information asap to occupy, peace and justice, and other groups you have contacts for? Thank you so much.

We’re also asking Feinstein to hold hearings on the U.S. drone program, and to stop the killing by drone of civilians, both U.S. and all others. No one should have to live in fear of death from U.S. drones in the skies above. We want the wars, all illegal, to end too of course. Come out and demand that your senator listen to her constituents and stop the bleeding and injustice NOW.

Cynthia Papermaster, Berkeley, CA, 510-333-6097

and Occupy Forum continues as scheduled

Occupy Forum with CODEPINK

Monday, March 4th, 6 – 9 pm

at Global Exchange

DRONES: Killing by Remote Control

Liquidating human beings at the touch of a button? Surveillance from the skies? Sound like science fiction? With names like “Predator”, “Reaper”, and “Global Hawk”, drones extinguish human life, and frequently by mistake: civilians including children and babies have been blown to bits in Pakistan and Afghanistan, and drones could be used here at home to hunt down fugitives in a nightmare scenario. Drones are powerful surveillance tools, capable of carrying face recognition systems, license plate scanners, thermal imaging, open WiFi “sniffers” and other sensors. As the result of a lawsuit, the FAA released for the first time a list of the names of all public and private entities applying for authorizations to fly drones domestically. The Department of Homeland Security, The FBI, the Department of Defense, local law enforcement, businesses and private individuals are all hungry to use, or are already using, the technology. Combined with mobile phone tracking and drone video signals — and scarce legal privacy protections in the U.S.– drones will make our historical worst case scenarios look like a Sunday picnic. On what basis are targets selected? Why does Obama use the drone as his weapon of choice? Who is paying for all of this? We the Taxpayers? Who is behind it? How can we make it stop???

Nancy L. Mancias is a campaign organizer for CODEPINK. An anti-war, gay and women’s rights advocate, Mancias has been actively trying to bring the troops home from their overseas misadventures and waging peace and equality across the country. She has also been part of the movement against torture and a proponent of closing the prison in Guantánamo. Like many in the anti-war movement, Mancias views her work against drone warfare as a natural extension of her peace efforts. She is a contributing writer to Beautiful Trouble: A toolbox for revolution, a book that puts the accumulated wisdom of decades of creative protest into the hands of the next generation of change-makers.

CODEPINK organizer Mancias will explain who is behind this horrific idea, how it’s been normalized, and paid for by us, the Taxpayers, and tell us about CODEPINK’s multi-pronged campaign to stop drones

Upcoming Events

The Berkeley post office is under contract to be sold. There will be a rally at the post office on Allston Way on Nov 1 at 11am. Please bring tents and occupiers. More to come as this situation develops. And please spread the word. http://www.savethepostoffice.com The occupation of the Berkeley … Continue reading →

The Berkeley post office is under contract to be sold. There will be a rally at the post office on Allston Way on Nov 1 at 11am. Please bring tents and occupiers. More to come as this situation develops. And please spread the word. http://www.savethepostoffice.com The occupation of the Berkeley … Continue reading →

. JOIN STUDENTS WORKING TO SAVE THE PAEC AND MORE! Join the Student Performing Arts Education Club in a performance/protest every Monday that school is in session. 4:00 pm at Conlan Hall Please bring megaphones and instruments, preferably drums. We will democratically march to either Chancellor Tyler or other administrators offices in solidarity with ESL, … Continue reading →

The Berkeley post office is under contract to be sold. There will be a rally at the post office on Allston Way on Nov 1 at 11am. Please bring tents and occupiers. More to come as this situation develops. And please spread the word. http://www.savethepostoffice.com The occupation of the Berkeley … Continue reading →

The Berkeley post office is under contract to be sold. There will be a rally at the post office on Allston Way on Nov 1 at 11am. Please bring tents and occupiers. More to come as this situation develops. And please spread the word. http://www.savethepostoffice.com The occupation of the Berkeley … Continue reading →